Want something to do with the little ones?

Go on a tour of Swan Hill’s Best

Natural Playgrounds!

Slater Park: Beside the Fire Station on MaCallum Street.

Grid Reference: B3

Cobham Park: Between Nalder Drive and Cobham Avenue.

Grid Reference: C6

Milloo Street Wetlands: End of Milloo Street, Federal Square.

Grid Reference: D1/2

Steggall Park: On the rise beside the Tower Hill Lake.

Grid Reference: A3

Michael J Holmes Park: Marraboor Street.

Grid Reference: D5

George Lay Park is another playground currently undergoing extensive upgrades and will be

another natural type park worth a visit!

What will you find at these parks?

Locations of the Parks: Swan Hill Playground Tour

Quiz

Created by the Environment Unit, Swan Hill Rural City Council. Photos by Chris Rowlands. Call 5036 2391 for further information.

For decades young children have always spent their time in the

outdoors. Whether it was building cubbies in some bushes or making mud pies, being outdoors and in a constant

relationship with nature.

This is what gives so many people a strong connection to and appreciation

of the world around them.

Today less and less of children’s time is spent outdoors and more in front of

the television or on the computer meaning the appreciation of the

upcoming generation for the environment around them is falling

dramatically.

The aim of this brochure is to show young children and their parents ways

to re-connect that special relationship and to show young kids that there are other playgrounds

apart from plastic structures.

Park 1: Steggall Park

Question: How many big logs are there that make up the meeting place?

Answer:________________

Park 2: Michael J. Holmes Park:

Question: How many big rocks are there at this park? Answer: ________________

Fill In The Answers As You Visit Each Park!

Park 3: Slater Park Question: How many seats are there in Slater Park?

Answer: ________________

Park 4: Milloo Street Wetlands

Question: How many birds can you see playing by the water or in the trees?

Answer:__________________

If you have extra time on your hands you could pay a visit to George Lay Park (Corner of Murlong Street and

Pye Street) and watch over the coming months as it is transferred

from a patch of grass to another Swan Hill Wonderland.

Park 5: Cobham Park Question: How many different bush tucker signs can you see in the bush tucker garden? Answer: __________________

Bush tucker sign